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Croissant soleil

Original in French

Rive60 · cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr · 2025 · 6 personnes

Against 114 croissant recipes

Less butter than 82% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 114 croissant recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less butter than 82% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 60%.
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%.
Butter: 40%, 15th percentileMilk or water: 58%, 50th percentileSugar: 8%, 25th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 80th percentileYeast: 2%, 65th percentileEgg in the dough: 10%, 71st percentileButterMilk orwaterSugarSaltYeastEgg inthe dough
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 500 g farine500 g
  • 40 g sucre40 g
  • 10 g levure boulangère10 g
  • 2 c à c sel≈ 12 g
  • 200 g beurre200 g
  • 28 cl lait≈ 289 g
  • 1 oeuf≈ 50 g
  • 40 g pâte à tartiner40 g

flour 500 gbatter 1141 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 114 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Butter40% · 15th percentile
  • Milk or water58% · 50th percentile
  • Sugar8% · 25th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 80th percentile
  • Yeast2% · 65th percentile
  • Egg in the dough10% · 71st percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 375°F
Time
25 to 30 minutes
median 20 minutes

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